Terrible - Senior Payroll Specialist Paychex Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and coworkers on team

Cons

Where do I even begin. Since covid 19 this company has really disappointed with the lack of care for their employees. I cry everyday because I am so miserable . the amount of stress they put on payroll specialist is insane. They keep piling loads of work on us and offer no hazard pay or raises for the workload they have already added to our busy schedule. It feels like there are no other departments to help us as we are now having to do retentions job. What are the points of the other departments if we have to handle the taxes, 401k, etc. I feel so burned out and stressed. My own mental health and famuly life is struggling due to this. Paychex only seems to care about the money and not their own employees well being. They preach values but do not follow them. Worst job I have ever had.

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